{"id":1976920,"date":"2023-07-19T01:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T05:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-to-key-state-department-position-has-history-of-political-writings-watchdog-reveals\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T01:11:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T05:11:04","slug":"biden-nominee-to-key-state-department-position-has-history-of-political-writings-watchdog-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-to-key-state-department-position-has-history-of-political-writings-watchdog-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchdog reveals political writings of Biden nominee for key State Department position."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-nominee-to-key-state-department-position-has-history-of-political-writings-watchdog-reveals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976920&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Joe Biden&#8217;s State Department\u200d Nominee Faces\u200d Scrutiny \u2063for\u2063 Political\u2062 Statements<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>&#8216;s\u200d nominee\u2063 to \u2064a key\u2063 <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/state-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Department<\/a> position has a history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-holocaust-law\/\" title=\"The \u2018Holocaust Law\u2019\">political statements<\/a>, according \u2064to a watchdog\u200b group.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Expressing \u200cPartisan Positions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Margaret\u2064 L. Taylor, Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/performance-measures\/political-appointee-tracker\/\"><strong>pending<\/strong><\/a> \u200bnominee for\u2063 State\u2062 Department\u200d legal \u2063adviser, \u2064has a\u2062 track record\u200c of \u2064taking partisan \u200dpositions.<\/li>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<li>In the past, \u200bshe has expressed \u2063effusive praise\u200b for\u2063 California Democratic \u200cRep. \u200b<a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/adam-schiff\" target=\"_blank\"\u2063 rel=\"noopener\">Adam \u2063Schiff<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\n  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Margaret\u2064 Taylor is a \u2063political\u200b hack who\u200c should not\u2064 be anywhere near \u200bthe \u200cState \u2064Department. Given her \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-the-biden-administration-do-something-about-the-colonial-pipeline-cyberattack-or-is-this-the-new-normal\/\" title=\"Will The Biden Administration Do Something About The Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack? Or Is This The New Normal?\">glowing praise<\/a> \u2064of \u2064Adam Schiff&#8217;s unscrupulous\u200d and \u2064dishonest\u200d tactics, she has zero \u200bcredibility to \u2062make sure\u2063 Biden&#8217;s State \u2062Department is corruption-free and in\u2064 keeping with the \u2063law,&#8221; the AAF\u2062 said in a statement \u2062to The Daily Wire. &#8220;Her comments\u2064 raise concerns about\u200c her\u2063 ability to\u200b faithfully\u2062 serve\u200c in government \u200cwithout \u2063her political biases turning\u2062 her into another \u200bDeep \u2063State\u200d partisan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Taylor \u200dwas <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/04\/19\/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-42\/\" target=\"_blank\" \u2064rel=\"noopener\">nominated<\/a> \u2063to\u200d the\u2063 position in April by\u200d Biden, \u200bbut \u2064the Senate\u2062 has\u2062 yet to \u2064vote on\u200b her confirmation. She \u2062previously\u2064 has \u2062been\u200b the general counsel for\u2062 the U.S. Agency \u200bfor International \u2064Development (USAID), a\u2063 fellow for the Brookings\u200d Institution,\u2063 and a\u200c senior editor\u2064 at\u200d Lawfare.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u200c <\/p>\n<p>The \u2062American \u200dAccountability Foundation (AAF), \u2062a watchdog formed in 2020, has \u2063compiled a list of Taylor&#8217;s writings\u2062 and podcast\u200d appearances\u200c that suggest \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grants-26-pardons-and-3-commutations-includes-numerous-prominent-names\/\" title=\"Trump Grants 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations, Includes Numerous Prominent Names\">political bias<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Praise \u200bfor\u2062 Adam Schiff<\/h3>\n<ul>\n \u200b\u2063 <\/p>\n<li>In \u2063a 2019\u200d New York Times opinion article,\u200d Taylor\u200b heaped\u200b praise on\u200b Schiff,\u200c who has \u200dfaced criticism from Republicans \u200bover\u200d his\u200d claims \u2063about \u2063Russian \u200dcollusion and \u200dformer \u200bPresident \u2062Donald\u2062 Trump.<\/li>\n<p>\u200d  <\/p>\n<li>Taylor \u200cwrote, &#8220;Mr. Schiff \u200bhas become the Democrats&#8217; go-to\u2064 articulator \u2062of \u200dthe \u200cimportance \u200cof core \u2064American\u200c values\u2062 like the rule\u2064 of law, \u2064election integrity, respect for human rights \u2063and\u2063 anti-corruption \u2014 as \u200bwell as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-to-key-state-department-position-has-history-of-political-writings-watchdog-reveals\/\" title=\"Watchdog reveals political writings of Biden nominee for key State Department position.\">broader foreign \u2064policy\u2063 challenges<\/a> like the rise of authoritarianism \u2062around \u200cthe world.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Political \u200dNorms\u2063 and \u200bResponse to Unrest<\/h3>\n<ul>\n\u200b  \u2062<\/p>\n<li>In a co-written article for Lawfare\u200c following violent riots after \u200bthe\u200b death of\u200c George \u2062Floyd, Taylor criticized Trump and other Republican \u2062lawmakers who advocated\u200d for\u2062 a stronger response \u200dto \u200cthe unrest.<\/li>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<li>The \u2064article \u200dstated, &#8220;With\u2062 a president apparently\u2062 bent \u200bon escalating \u200dtensions, the\u2064 country needs a resolved legislative \u2063response. \u2063While there \u2064are\u2062 plenty\u2062 of members piling on \u200cdivisive and escalatory \u200crhetoric \u2014\u2062 Tom \u200bCotton and Matt Gaetz\u2064 being \u2064recent notable \u2062examples\u2064 \u2014\u2063 there are\u200c nonetheless glimmers \u2063of hope\u200b for a constructive \u2062bipartisan \u200cresponse.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Expectations\u200d for \u2062Biden&#8217;s Presidency<\/h3>\n<ul>\n \u200d <\/p>\n<li>Prior to the\u200b 2020 election, Taylor suggested \u200din a\u200c co-written article for Lawfare \u200cthat Biden would be \u200cmore\u200b likely\u2064 to\u200c follow \u200c&#8221;political \u200dnorms&#8221; than President Donald \u2064Trump.<\/li>\n<p> \u2064 \u200b<\/p>\n<li>Taylor wrote, &#8220;Given another\u2064 four\u200b years, \u200cand with a new electoral \u2064mandate, \u200dTrump \u200cis\u2064 likely\u2063 to\u2062 continue to press\u200d the outer bounds of interbranch political norms. \u2062President\u200b Biden, by\u2064 contrast, \u200cmay\u2063 have a desire\u2063 to restore\u200b such norms,\u200c though \u200dhe may \u200bend \u2063up supporting the \u2063demolition\u200b of\u200d a big \u200cone \u2014\u200b the Senate \u2062filibuster rule \u200bfor\u200d legislation.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u2064 Senate Foreign Relations Committee \u2064has\u200d yet to \u2064take\u2064 up \u2062her nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s nominee for State Department legal adviser, Margaret L. Taylor, has a track record of making political statements, as per a watchdog group. The American Accountability Foundation shared a memo with The Daily Wire, revealing Taylor&#8217;s history of taking partisan positions. This raises concerns about her suitability for the key position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1976921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}